privateer
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But the engine was heavy, thirsty and unreliable, and a difficult season followed before Jordan ditched the Yamaha for a privateer Hart engine.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
Sir Francis Drake was an English privateer, sailing and seizing stuff on behalf of the queen.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
His father, Jan Jansen, a Dutch privateer, was captured by one of the Moorish states in 1618.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019
The San Juan Bautista, a Spanish ship transporting enslaved Africans, was bound for Mexico when it was attacked by the White Lion and another privateer, the Treasurer, and forced to surrender its African prisoners.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2019
“Just so we won’t have any trouble. If a French privateer sees us, we’ll look so dangerous the privateer will crowd sail and run!”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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